FAQ Category: Sin and the Permission of Evil
Romans 9:17 and Exodus 9:16 - why did God treat Pharoah with favor since he persecuted God's people?
March 01st 2026 | 356 views
Why would God create us if He knew we would just die?
February 07th 2026 | 1807 views
Jesus drove out many spirits in the New Testament. Is all mental illness like caused by demon possession?
January 19th 2026 | 2830 views
Could people with different religions go to heaven?
December 25th 2025 | 3752 views
What does Isaiah 6:9 mean? ("...Keep on listening, but do not perceive; keep on looking, but do not understand.")
December 23rd 2025 | 3720 views
Is it necessary to confess our sins?
December 14th 2025 | 3992 views
What does Luke 2:14 mean? "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests." On whom does God's favor rest?
October 15th 2025 | 7085 views
Why didn't God just create many people in the garden of Eden since His original command was to be fruitful and multiply?
July 31st 2025 | 11158 views
Can God forgive a sinner after death?
June 17th 2025 | 14148 views
Is there an evil spirit behind every sin committed by the Christian?
June 12th 2025 | 13529 views
What does 1 Peter 5:10 (KJV) mean? “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen settle you.”
March 19th 2025 | 18877 views
Why was it a sin for David to number the people (2 Sam. 24 and 1 Chron. 21)?
October 18th 2024 | 247 views
Is it a sin to watch horror movies?
October 02nd 2024 | 22987 views
Why did God allow the devil in the Garden of Eden?
September 08th 2024 | 25611 views
If Adam and Eve were perfect, how could they have sinned? Wouldn't a perfect man and woman have acted in a perfect manner?
September 02nd 2024 | 25740 views
Is there any reason for righteous people to repent?
September 01st 2024 | 25540 views
Can you pray for others' sins to be forgiven, and will it be done?
May 22nd 2024 | 36309 views
James 4:4 says whoever is a friend of the world is the enemy of God. But then how did God "so love the world" in John 3:16?
May 18th 2024 | 36515 views
If God says, "Seek you first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you," and also says all the flowers, animals and birds are provided for, why does he actually allow a true believer to live in lack and doesn't provide for us at all? We seek His kingdom sincerely but still struggle in lack.
February 15th 2024 | 44705 views
Why doesn’t God heal the sick?
December 10th 2023 | 48588 views
What does Paul mean by “the desires of the flesh?”
November 02nd 2023 | 50966 views
Does the generational curse in Exodus 20:4-5 apply to us today? Does Galatians 3:10-14 resolve the issue for Christians?
October 18th 2023 | 51666 views
Since Romans 4:15 says without Law there is no transgression, how could Cain be charged with the murder of his brother Abel? You cannot violate or transgress a law that does not exist.
October 12th 2023 | 52213 views
Please explain from a biblical perspective, if a married man and an unmarried woman commit sexual sin, are they both guilty of adultery or fornication, or who is guilty of what?
August 14th 2023 | 56996 views
What do these mean according to Scripture: the broad way, the narrow way, the highway of holiness
April 10th 2023 | 56159 views
Why didn't God destroy everyone when He flooded the earth, thereby ensuring a complete cleansing of sin. Why throw Satan and his angels out of heaven and leave them to perpetuate sin?
April 10th 2023 | 56160 views
Please enlighten me on Matthew 12:32, "Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come."
October 17th 2022 | 63678 views
Why would God let two small children lose both of their grandfathers? (United States)
July 04th 2022 | 67911 views
Why I’m I going through so many trials and tribulations? What is my purpose in life? (United States)
June 07th 2022 | 69641 views
Why is it that God removed Satan from heaven because of pride and then brought him to the world? Why does God expect us to stay with him?
August 19th 2021 | 85363 views
Is one sin greater than any other? (United States)
July 14th 2021 | 87181 views
What does it mean that we are wonderfully made? Does Satan have influence in the womb when a child is being created? Why are children born deformed and conjoined? (United States)
June 19th 2021 | 89696 views
Explain Genesis 3:22 (NIV), "And the LORD God said, 'The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.'"
May 12th 2021 | 93730 views
What is the importance of temptations to a Christian? (Namibia)
February 18th 2021 | 100251 views
How can we pray about the coronavirus? How can we defeat coronavirus using the Bible? (Zambia)
February 05th 2021 | 98278 views
Does God know when the coronavirus, Covid-19, is going to end?
December 25th 2020 | 102159 views
Why do people die? (Canada)
August 21st 2020 | 105620 views
What are the effects of greed in Nigeria?
August 01st 2020 | 105996 views
What is sin? Who is a sinner? What causes us to run away from sin? How can we overcome sin? (Cameroon)
August 01st 2020 | 105454 views
Which is the first Christian country written in Bible? (India)
July 27th 2020 | 104818 views
Why did God plant the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden?
July 25th 2020 | 106215 views
Why was the curse of death a just penalty for Adam? Was Adam under a law? (India)
May 26th 2020 | 103034 views
Is the coronavirus an Act of God? (United States)
March 25th 2020 | 104616 views
Do the Scriptures tell us where God is and what He is doing? Does He hear the pleadings of the multitude of His creation? I ask this because it is so easy to be lost in the vastness of the entire universe. (Philippines)
January 29th 2020 | 101843 views
Does God hate false accusations? What will be the reward of those accusers? (Ghana)
December 16th 2019 | 100898 views
In a sinless world, is it possible or impossible to be tested and authenticated? (United States)
December 09th 2019 | 100141 views
Before you have GOD'S blessings, must you suffer first?
July 29th 2019 | 39610 views
Why does not God take away Satan's powers?
July 27th 2019 | 39460 views
Does God forgive repetitive and willful sins?
April 06th 2019 | 38893 views
Will I be forgiven for smoking if I keep doing it? I know the Bible says if we sin willfully there remains no more sacrifice for sins.
March 30th 2019 | 41119 views
Since Jesus died instead of us for our sin, then why does the Bible refuse to let us sin?
March 29th 2019 | 38653 views
Is sickness a result of being cursed or of being put under witchcraft spells?
March 25th 2019 | 38850 views
What is the relationship between sin and sickness? (Matthew 9?)
February 27th 2019 | 43140 views
Please explain John 20:23, "If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained." Has this verse been changed through translation?
February 18th 2019 | 40784 views
Knowing that Jesus has made away the law of Moses at the cross, is stealing, murder or killing, fornication or adultery still a sin? If yes, how do you know they are sin without the law?
February 13th 2019 | 38484 views
A television reporter stops you in the street to ask, "What's wrong with this world?" How would you answer?
December 05th 2018 | 38204 views
Where in the scriptures does it say anything about being able to forgive oneself?
October 03rd 2018 | 38553 views
I have lost faith in God. What can I do?
September 14th 2018 | 39125 views
What is stopping GOD from revealing Himself?
April 07th 2018 | 38588 views
In 1 Samuel 16:14, why did the Lord send an evil spirit to trouble Saul? If God is good, why is there evil in Him?
February 05th 2018 | 42628 views
What is the Greek word for the English word iniquity, and what does it mean?
January 17th 2018 | 40307 views
Do Matthew 24 verses 8 and 9 tie in with the shooting down in Texas?
November 11th 2017 | 38296 views
Why do we pray for the "blood" covering? When I accepted Jesus, I have already been covered and filled with his blood.
November 11th 2017 | 38348 views
What is the sin against the Holy Spirit which cannot be forgiven?
October 28th 2017 | 38895 views
During Jesus' time were the children of God going through times like this??
October 09th 2017 | 38309 views
Why is there Religion?
September 26th 2017 | 38242 views
According to Mark 3:28-30, what types of blasphemies to the holy spirit cannot be forgiven?
September 15th 2017 | 38778 views
In Exodus 32:14, God said He repented when He was going to destroy Israel. If God knows all things, why does He change His mind and repent?
August 17th 2017 | 38656 views
Why does God allow problems and trials in our lives?
July 28th 2017 | 38745 views
How can one experience divine knowledge, divine prosperity and divine health in his life time?
July 08th 2017 | 38590 views
Did God allow evil to test us?
May 26th 2017 | 38744 views
Was Judas guilty for the role he played in the arrest of Jesus Christ?
May 18th 2017 | 38826 views
1 Peter 4:12-14. Why does Peter say that they shouldn't be surprised at their suffering?
May 12th 2017 | 38502 views
When will the general probation close? And can we get rid of sin completely before it closes?
May 02nd 2017 | 38365 views
According to the Holy Bible, did God curse Man?
April 17th 2017 | 38416 views
Can a Pastor, who has caused someone pain verbally and did not ask for forgiveness, continue to preach at the pulpit?
March 30th 2017 | 38830 views
Why were Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed, since the Bible said that "until the law, sin was in the world but sin was not imputed where there was no law." Romans 8:13
March 17th 2017 | 39314 views
We are not to judge others. However how do you not judge a person who has committed a horrific crime by todays standards, such as child rape, murder, torture? How do I have compassion for such an evil, wicked soul, and share a dinner table with such a soul? Am I supposed to?
February 28th 2017 | 39888 views
Why do bad things happen to babies? Why do babies get killed?
February 17th 2017 | 38718 views
How do we justify God's violence and killings in the Old Testament?
February 04th 2017 | 38797 views
Why did God create sin, if He is the Creator?
December 06th 2016 | 38750 views
Why did Jesus say, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword." Matthew 10:34
October 30th 2016 | 38815 views
Please explain Ezekiel 18:8-21.
October 22nd 2016 | 38376 views
What is meant by Adam and Eve eating the fruit?
October 04th 2016 | 40439 views
How did this whole trouble of sin come about between man and God? What really needed to be done?
September 09th 2016 | 38107 views
What happened to the Romans that killed Jesus? Does it say if they went to hell for killing him?
August 23rd 2016 | 42692 views
Does God, in His sovereignty, decide whether or not you get a headache?
August 15th 2016 | 38453 views
This is a sinful woman, Luke 7:36-50. Why didn't Jesus condemn her?
July 28th 2016 | 38394 views
Where is it written in the Bible... God will not put more on us then we can bear?
July 28th 2016 | 38658 views
How wide is Gods will?
July 25th 2016 | 38268 views
What is unstoppable destiny?
July 20th 2016 | 38342 views
Is it wrong to tell on someone when they are doing wrong?
July 07th 2016 | 38370 views
If a person does not forgive someone, can the unforgiving person be accepted into heaven?
June 01st 2016 | 39615 views
Why do good people die young?
March 12th 2016 | 50734 views
How long will mankind continue to suffer?
January 18th 2016 | 38249 views
What is the meaning of sin? Are we born in sin or we are born in a sinful world?
December 17th 2015 | 38520 views
Since God knows the future, why did God put the forbidden tree in the garden? He knew it would ultimately bring sin, death, and sorrow into the world because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve.
December 16th 2015 | 38421 views
Is pain and suffering part of discipline from God or because of the cruelty of mankind?
December 11th 2015 | 38391 views
I need to understand the consequences of specific sins. Is it illness (physical and mental/emotional)? Extreme discomfort? Suffering?
November 20th 2015 | 38453 views
If the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is so sacred, why wasn't it protected by God to totally prevent Adam and Eve from eating the fruit at all costs? Instead, He used the serpent to tempt Eve into committing the first sin.
November 04th 2015 | 38802 views
How do you answer non-believers who ask how could God let such bad things ( flooding, forest fires, hurricanes, etc), happen?
October 23rd 2015 | 38250 views
Why is God letting evil things happen?
October 03rd 2015 | 38712 views
How Adam could have understood Genesis 2:17 when the Lord GOD said: thou shall surely die...?
August 31st 2015 | 38110 views
Please explain Genesis 3:15: "Between your seed and her seed, he shall crush your head and you shall bruise his heel."
August 11th 2015 | 38449 views
If there is no devil (in the form of a snake in Genesis 3:14), to whom did Eve pass the blame?
August 09th 2015 | 38510 views
I had an abortion when I was 16. What will happen when I die?
August 09th 2015 | 38386 views
What is the implication of the curse in Genesis 3:14-19 on mankind?
July 24th 2015 | 40115 views
What does Ezekiel 33:7-8 mean? ("Watchman...I will hold you accountable for their blood.")
July 24th 2015 | 39633 views
What is blasphemy of the holy spirit?
July 18th 2015 | 38786 views
Will God forgive committing adultery?
July 10th 2015 | 39849 views
Is there free will or predestination?
June 29th 2015 | 38416 views
If God loved us then why are we not we perfect?
June 27th 2015 | 38206 views
Will God listen to my prayers because I lost faith for years?
June 18th 2015 | 38740 views
What does it mean to grieve the Holy Spirit?
June 18th 2015 | 39124 views
Did Nebuchadnezzar actually go into the wilderness and live among animals for seven days?
May 29th 2015 | 46247 views
What is the reason for Absalom's failure and the reason for David's success?
May 16th 2015 | 39296 views
Having baby out of wedlock, what is the penalty?
May 14th 2015 | 43715 views
Please explain John 5:45-47, being accused to the Father
May 05th 2015 | 41757 views
Am I wrong for asking God to forgive me for my sins but I keep doing sinful things?
April 30th 2015 | 38376 views
What are all sins and which are worse than others? How do you know if you have sinned?
April 17th 2015 | 38328 views
Where in the KJV does it say drinking alcohol is a sin and you will go to hell and miss the second coming of Christ?
April 10th 2015 | 38664 views
Can children be left back in rapture because of their parents' sins?
April 03rd 2015 | 38272 views
Will you be forgiven for a sin you committed that you knew was wrong before committing the sin?
April 03rd 2015 | 38189 views
Did Jonah repent?
March 29th 2015 | 40576 views
Why do we see in the OT God punishing people for doing evil, but we do not see or hear about God doing it today?
March 18th 2015 | 38103 views
In 2 Samuel 24, God Himself incited David to take a census of Israel. Why would God do this and then punish Israel for it?
March 18th 2015 | 38435 views
What does the Bible to say about the suicide, especially if the woman is a missionary?
March 15th 2015 | 38215 views
Which sin is greater than other sins?
February 22nd 2015 | 38241 views
We know that God destroyed the earth with water because of wicked ways of man. And the reason why man was wicked was because of Satan..... So how come God did not destroy Satan when he destroyed the earth with water...?
February 11th 2015 | 38203 views
How long can a soul cry before it stops hurting?
December 08th 2014 | 38328 views
Is it a sin to be cremated?
November 16th 2014 | 39181 views
Do we have sin that leads to death and sin which does not lead to death? 1 John 5:16,17
November 08th 2014 | 38541 views
By the power of the holy spirit, how can I avoid temptation? How I can get power to stop sinning for I do not want to sin ever again?
November 05th 2014 | 38072 views
Why did the Lord let Satan put Job into temptation?
October 28th 2014 | 40159 views
The angels that were disobedient, were they cast into spiritual darkness, or physical darkness?
October 07th 2014 | 38332 views
Does one go to hell if they committed suicide?
October 04th 2014 | 38492 views
Is it necessary to confess sins?
October 04th 2014 | 37047 views
Why did Adam and Eve sin?
September 23rd 2014 | 38624 views
How do I prevent immoral thoughts against God?
August 26th 2014 | 38169 views
How do you identify and deal with a wolf in sheep's clothing?
August 26th 2014 | 40646 views
How does God view marijuana?
August 26th 2014 | 46229 views
Where does the Bible say that two women agreed to kill and eat their babies and then one of them reneged?
August 24th 2014 | 38918 views
Why does it seem that people who are blessed with spouses are often the ones that indulge in fornication, while those who abstain from fornication are not married?
August 23rd 2014 | 38143 views
How can we apply the statement given by Jesus: "do not resist an evil person" to the old adage: "all evil needs to thrive is for good people to do nothing."?
August 23rd 2014 | 39061 views
If God has already planned everything for us, how can we have a free will? How could God be "angered" by something if he planned it?
August 22nd 2014 | 38305 views
Is it wrong to eat meat, particularly pork?
August 22nd 2014 | 38430 views
When a person is possessed by Satan or by demons is the body of that person really taken over or is it only the evil influence from Satan or the demons that is especially high?
August 21st 2014 | 38587 views
Where are we told in the Bible to confess our sins to God and not to a priest?
August 19th 2014 | 38427 views
Should Christians work in occupations such as police officers and security guards, where carrying a gun is a requirement?
August 19th 2014 | 38737 views
Is a child conceived out of wedlock able to go to heaven? Deuteronomy 23:2 implies that a child born of a forbidden union would not be able to enter into heaven.
August 19th 2014 | 43692 views
How can Matthew 18 be applied by the sinned against party (the parishioner) when the pastor and elders are the offending parties, having sinned against him?
August 19th 2014 | 38217 views
Is the world growing worse? If not, what does the Apostle Paul mean by the words, "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived"? (2 Timothy 3:13)
August 18th 2014 | 38718 views
What does 1 Timothy 5:24 mean: "Some sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after."
August 18th 2014 | 38280 views
What is the unpardonable sin?
August 18th 2014 | 38307 views
If a person has led a sinful life and has been instrumental in causing others to sin, would it be possible for such a one to be fully forgiven and all their past sins cancelled if they should repent and ask the Lord to forgive them?
August 18th 2014 | 38194 views
Why was it a sin for David to number the people (2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21)?
August 18th 2014 | 38478 views
Who was the serpent? What was its form? In what way did he induce our first parents to disobey the Lord?
August 18th 2014 | 38095 views
Since Jesus is to reign until all enemies are put under his feet, and the last enemy to be destroyed is death (1 Corinthians 15:25,26) would it not prove that Satan and his hosts would be destroyed before death is destroyed, and that both would be destroyed during the reign of Jesus?
August 18th 2014 | 38151 views
Please explain 1 John 3:8: "Whosoever is born of God doth not sin; for His seed remaineth in him; and he cannot sin because he is born of God."
August 01st 2014 | 38521 views
Please explain why the Scriptures refer to the special care of God over the fatherless and the widow and says nothing about the widower and the motherless? It seems to me that where the wife and mother is taken away it is much sadder than where the husband and father is removed from the family circle.
July 31st 2014 | 38288 views
If God is omniscient, knowing the end from the beginning, how could He repent of His course in creating man? - Genesis 6:5,6
July 31st 2014 | 38119 views
If God is a God of love, as the Bible tells us, how can we understand His command to the children of Israel to utterly destroy their enemies, men, women and children?
July 31st 2014 | 38070 views
Why does God the great creator who has all power and wisdom permit the reign of sin and evil in the earth? When we see all of the sorrow and misery existing in the world because of the evil we wonder that a just and loving creator would permit these things when he has the ability to put an end to them at any time?
July 31st 2014 | 38150 views
Where did evil originate? Is God the author of evil? (Isaiah 14:7; Amos 3:6.)
July 31st 2014 | 38213 views
If a man has lived a sinful life, committed murder and robbed the widows and orphans, etc., and then at the last moment, with his dying breath, confesses his sins and accepts Christ as his Savior, will he not go immediately to Heaven and be with the Lord in glory?
July 30th 2014 | 38269 views
Here is a Scripture that is confusing. If you can explain it I will be very thankful to you. It reads, "As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive."--`1 Cor. 15:22`. What is the meaning of the latter part?
July 30th 2014 | 38201 views
If the "sons of God" (Genesis 6:4) were the angels who left their former habitation or first estate - the spiritual realm (Jude 3) - how is it that they could marry the "daughters of men" and have children since it is understood from the words of our Master (Matthew 22:30) that the angels are sexless?
July 29th 2014 | 41429 views
2 Peter 2:4: "For if God spared not the angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness to be reserved unto judgment." The marginal reading says "hell" is the Greek "Tartarus." What does that mean?
July 29th 2014 | 39450 views
What became of Adam when he died; did he go to heaven or hell?
July 29th 2014 | 62517 views
The first man Adam became a living soul (1 Corinthians 15:45; Genesis 2:7), the last Adam (the Lord from heaven, 1 Corinthians 15:47) at his resurrection became a life-giving spirit also?
July 29th 2014 | 38389 views
Was Adam "born in sin and shapen iniquity" as is stated in the Scriptures of all of his descendants - Psa. 11:5
July 29th 2014 | 38411 views
If Adam was perfect; how could he have sinned? It seems to me that a perfect man would have acted in a perfect manner. It is the imperfect individual that sins or acts imperfectly. Kindly explain this matter as I am frequently brought face to face with this proposition.(Eve)
July 28th 2014 | 31030 views
Have People Received Final Judgment for the Past 6,000 years or will they have an Opportunity for Judgment and Restitution on Paradise Earth?
June 25th 2014 | 38319 views